Is there a way to derive range interval for a complicated expression
based on the bounds of parameters?
Let's say I have a function f(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) where a
is the variable and b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k are parameters.
I give each parameter a interval with lower and upper bound, for
example, b is in [b_lo, b_hi], etc.
Is there a way to derive the range of the function f based on these
bounds of parameters and bounds of variables?
Thanks!
search "Interval Arithmetic"
You might have a look at
http://www.math.uni-wuppertal.de/org/WRST/software/intpakX/d_l_c.html
and more ambitious
http://www-sop.inria.fr/coprin/logiciels/ALIAS/ALIAS-Maple/ALIAS-Maple.html
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Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany